William Hague: The majority of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom pay the national non-domestic rates (NNDR) requested from them. Diplomatic missions are obliged to pay only 6% of the total NNDR value of their offices. This represents payment for specific services such as street cleaning and street lighting.
	Representations by protocol directorate to missions in 2013 led to the settlement of outstanding debts by Kuwait, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Slovak Republic, Zambia and Zimbabwe—among others.
	As at 14 June 2013, the total amount of outstanding NNDR payments as advised by the Valuation Office Agency is £674,110, an increase of almost 20% from the 2011 figure (£566,009). A total of £45,219 of this outstanding debt is owed by Iran and Syria which are not currently represented in the UK. We are therefore unable to pursue these debts. Six missions are responsible for almost two thirds of the remainder. We shall continue to urge those with NNDR debt to pay their dues.
	
		
			 Embassy of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire £97,987 
			 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China £97,377 
			 High Commission for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh £91,496 
			 Sierra Leone High Commission £55,060 
			 High Commission for the Republic of Cameroon £46,538 
			 Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan £36,566 
			 Embassy of Ukraine £22,941 
			 Embassy of the Republic of Liberia £20,433 
			 Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania £18,985 
			 Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe £14,314 
			 International Organisation for Migration £14,305 
			 High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka £13,189 
			 Embassy of the Republic of Albania £12,799 
			 Embassy of Italy £12,299